Archive for March, 2008

The Planet

31, Mar 2008

One of my favorite artifacts from Boston in the 80s was a small, literary gem called The Duplex Planet. The Duplex Planet was a true independent – hand copied, stapled and delivered – and could be found at Newbury Comics or any hip record shop and book store. It was/is created, owned and [...]

Added to iPod

28, Mar 2008

I’ve been thinking about the Marx Brothers lately. I even went out and ordered a DVD of a quickly cancelled 1970 music-based TV show because Groucho was the final guest host.
I’m afraid they are being forgotten. Their movies don’t run on TV any more (the good ones, anyway). The kids don’t get [...]

New Pictures

26, Mar 2008

I’ve added some from my first tourist extravaganza in Kuwait. It’s hard to take pictures because you can’t take pictures of people. They don’t like it. At all. Even if you just happen to catch a person while taking a shot of a building. And Lord help you if you [...]

New Link

24, Mar 2008

So let me be the 5 millionth person to add the link for will.i.am’s video “Yes We Can”.
I have been re-reading Fear and Loathing: On The Campaign Trail ‘72 lately and this is what the late, great Dr. Thompson had to say early on in the book:
“How many more of these goddamn elections are we [...]

Year Two

22, Mar 2008

Well… It’s a birthday.
I started this blog one year ago today. Just to talk with folks and write about what was in my head. Who knew where we’d be today? A year ago, oil was only $65 per barrel, gas was $2.50 a gallon and Bear Stearns still existed (and I [...]

Driving In Kuwait

18, Mar 2008

I’m getting much better at it. Finding the groove the locals have when they drive. This week I was working on my route to the office and back. I think I have a pretty good one now. I’ve cut my near-death experiences in half!
There is ONLY aggressive driving out here. [...]

“Abba’s drummer found dead in his garden.”
??
Drummer?

Happy St. Patricks!

17, Mar 2008

It’s Monday.
You should be drinking.

Added to iPod

14, Mar 2008

Since I have no internet, me and Starbucks are getting to know each other.
Tori Amos – “From The Choirgirl Hotel” I always skipped this album, thinking it a lesser Boys For Pele. But this is a very strong set of songs and points the way to the strength she showed in Scarlet’s Walk.
Stephen [...]

Let’s talk Cable…

11, Mar 2008

I have 657 channels.
Only ten of them speak English (there will be ten more when the programming I paid for kicks in). Some of these are English-language news programs which include Al Jazeera, France 24 and Russia Today. The rest show occasional movies or sitcoms. I get a whole slew of Italian [...]

Life In Kuwait

8, Mar 2008

On Thursday night, I finally got to go out and see a movie. [That means I figured out the times, the places and had the night free.] I went over to the Avenues – a new mall – to see Sweeny Todd. Now, I had heard about the censorship in Kuwait. [...]

She Said What…?

6, Mar 2008

In the “people who live in glass houses” catagory, I think the Hill-meister needs to kill all the talk about Obama’s indicted donor. That guy and the measly amount of cash that needed to be returned is NOTHING compared to the mammoth grocery list of shady characters the Clintons have partied with over the [...]

My Dominos

2, Mar 2008

…and for good or ill, the taste loses nothing in the 4,000 mile translation.
I’m working on some Kuwait pictures now. They should be up next week.

Guilty Pleasure

1, Mar 2008

Have I mentioned that the apartment has no cable and no internet access? That latest word on that is there is no line to the building. We’re talking possibly a month before either of those items is available to me.
Now, for the past three weeks, I have been working ten hours days – [...]


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